I noticed this myself... What I do is specify my font sizes in a res/values/dimens.xml file. Then I also create a version of that file in res/values-large. Then I reference my font sizes as @dimen/my_dimen_resource rather than using the sp value directly.
That way I can use larger font sizes on large screens and I only have to set up the values once. Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Nicholas Campion <camp...@gmail.com> wrote: > We use 'sp' density & preference scaled fonts throughout our app. We've > noticed that this mechanism just doesn't seem to cut it on larger screen > devices. The issue is the distance someone uses a phone app from their > eyeballs vs. the distance used for a tablet. In our admittedly unscientific > research, the distance is about doubled. This coupled with the fact that, > based on our support requests, not very many people know about the system > font scaling properties leads us to think we need to find a better way to > solve the problem. > > Since this isn't really a 'density' issue and is more tied to the physical > size of the device and, thus, the distance the device is held at, I'm > wonder what the best systematic approach is to handling font sizes on > physically larger screens? I'm willing to investigate some different > mechanisms just looking for suggestions on what other people have found > successful. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
